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Congratulation Obama, You Have Won War On Terror


Muhammad Khurshid
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There will be no denying the fact that US President Barack Obama has won the war on terror as he has succeeded in changing the mind of the people. There was a time when the terrorists in tribal areas were enjoying the hero status, but now the situation has changed altogether. For the first time the government of Pakistan has announced head money on important terrorist leaders hiding in tribal areas.

 Pakistan on Sunday offered an Rs 50 million reward for information leading to the capture, dead or alive, of local Taliban head Baitullah Mehsud, currently holed up in the tribal belt. Two national Urdu-language newspapers and local papers in the northwest city of Peshawar carried an advertisement also offering rewards for the capture of 10 of Baitullah's senior Taliban commanders.

"The government has announced a cash reward for anybody providing authentic information leading to the capture of these (11), dead or alive," said the advertisement. It then lists the wanted men, along with their bounties. "Innocent people are being killed because of the bloody activities of these so-called defenders of Islam," it adds.

Fayyaz Tooro, home secretary of the North West Frontier Province, said it was the first time Pakistan had slapped a figure on Al Qaeda-linked Mehsud. "This list has been issued by the Interior Ministry and has been published for the first time in close cooperation with security agencies, which provided invaluable information to the government," Tooro told a foreign news agency. Mehsud already has a five-million-dollar bounty on his head offered by the United States, with the US State Department branding the warlord "a key Al Qaeda facilitator in the tribal areas of South Waziristan".

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Muhammad Khurshid, a resident of Bajaur District, tribal areas situated on Pak-Afghan border is journalist by profession. He contributes articles and news stories to various online and print newspapers. His subject matter is terrorism. He is (more...)
 

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